PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004020559 — PETROLEUM DISTILLATE — HOYTE, TX

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Incident I-2004020559PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2004020559. Incident date: 2004-01-11. Location: HOYTE, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE. Shipper: BP AMOCO CHEMICAL CO / CELANESE LTD / KMTEX / STERLING CHEMICAL CO / UNION CARBIDE CORP. Materials: UN1268; PETROLEUM DISTILLATE; hazard class 2.0; 14487 LGA released | UN1274; N-PROPANOL OR PROPYL ALCOHOL, NORMAL; hazard class 3; 4943.75 LGA released | UN1276; N-PROPYL ACETATE; hazard class 3; 4612.5 LGA released | UN1301; VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 23375 LGA released | UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 15424.38 LGA released | UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 230 LGA released | UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 23125 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Basic Material; Piping or Fittings / Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings / Basic Material. How failed: Crushed / Crushed; Cracked / Punctured / Punctured; Cracked / Ripped or Torn. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage; Derailment. Reported result: Spillage. Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.#

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